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Expanded the erstie guide massively (added guide for each semester), restructured to new URLs, added summaries details
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# Use of Artificial Intelligence
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::: details My bias in this topic {open}
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Note that I am a biased in this topic, I very much like my freedom and I advocate for free and open source software and very much detest anything from Big Tech companies,
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especially the current RAM crisis. I also don't use any Pretend Intelligence ***at all***
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This may also sound a bit like I am a parent telling you what to do - I am not. It's just that I have seen quite a few people fail that did some of these exact things.
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***In general, you should avoid using Pretend Intelligence (PI from now on) at all costs.
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However, I cannot deny its usefulness in having it reframe problems you find difficult to grasp.***
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You are attending ETH to understand complex topics. PI is only going to get you *this far*.
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As topics get harder, which they fairly rapidly will, PI is going to be able to solve them less and less.
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## What you *should* not do with AI
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- Solving exercises with PI (you won't learn anything and nobody forces you to do the exercises, so please (!!) solve them yourself, or not at all)
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These points below are what *I personally* think are good tips for PI usage
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- Letting it correct exercises or old exams that you have solutions to without first looking at the solutions yourself
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- Letting it correct old exams to which detailed, human (often TA) written solutions exist on ComSol
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Remember that this is ETH, not high school, so nobody will complain if you solved exercises using PI (apart from Bonus).
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High school is typically easily passable without much studying, when compared to ETH.
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This is not meant to scare you, if you are good at STEM subjects, are willing to invest time and are aware that it is likely that you will have to,
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you can pass ETH, but for that you need to work on the exercises yourself!
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::: details Notes on the above statement
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Of course, you may be one of the very rare exceptions that can pass ETH without much effort.
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I can personally vouch for this statement, I passed high school without that much time investment, but now have to invest a LOT of time to pass here.
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## What you must not do with AI
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These are things that can get you expelled from ETH (and are illegal)
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- Handing in bonus assignments that were fully (or partially) PI generated
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(violates the [ETH Disciplinary Code](https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/main/eth-zurich/organisation/rechtssammlung/361.1en.pdf) in (almost) every case,
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except otherwise stated (Numerical Methods for Computer Science (NumCS) being the notable exception in many cases as of HS2025)).
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</small>
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- Trying to use Pretend Intelligence during the exams
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(if you do, it most likely also violates the disciplinary code and if you are caught, you may be expelled. They patrol the exams, especially in early semesters)
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</small>
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## What is okay to do with AI
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- Any non-performance assessment related assignments that you still don't understand after looking at the solutions
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- Letting it correct your solutions to **non-bonus** assignments
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- Letting it explain a topic you don't understand, just be sure to check that the definitions line up
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- ...
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